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Antiplasmodial, cytotoxic and acute toxicity activities of vernonia lasiopus o. Hoffman
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background: Malaria continues to cause heavy morbidity and mortality and it is the fifth leading cause of death
globally. The disease causes over one million deaths annually and affects many more, particularly due to ...
The African pediatric fellowship program: Training in Africa for Africans.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-12-09)
Africa has a significant burden of childhood disease, with relatively few skilled health care professionals. The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme was developed by the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the ...
Optimal Under - voltage Load Shedding using Cuckoo Search with Levy Flight Algorithm for Voltage Stability Improvement
(2015)
Voltage stability has become a serious threat of modern power system operation nowadays. To
tackle this problem properly, load shedding is a countermeasure taken as a last resort. However,
its
consequences ...
Stability Investigation in the Optical Properties of Thermally Evaporated Ge5Se95-x Znx Thin Films
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Selenium-based chalcogenides are useful in telecommunication devices like infrared optics and threshold switching devices. The investigated system of Ge5Se95-xZnx (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 4 at.%) has been prepared from high purity ...
Effects of Floor Characteristics on Locomotion Scores in Dairy Cows under Smallholder Zero-Grazing Units in Kikuyu District, Kenya
(2015)
A cross-sectional study was carried out within smallholder zero-grazing dairy units in Kikuyu District,
Kenya, to evaluate floor characteristics and slurry management and association of these factors ...
The Mediating Effect of Housing Search on the relationship between Demographics and Residential Housing Decisions amongst Apartment Households
(2015)
The study sought to investigate the mediating effect of housing search on the
relationship between apartment household demographics and four residential
owner-occupied housing decisions. Using two-stage cluster sampling, ...
The Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Employee Outcomes: A Study of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2015)
Most empirical research on the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and employee outcomes has concentrated on the private sector, yet understanding this relationship in publicly listed firms, in the ...
Devolution as a Means for Self-governance: Its Potential for Poverty Reduction in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
This study examined devolution which was
introduced in Kenya at the beginning of 2013 with a view to
establishing whether it was helping to reduce poverty as
provided for in the Republic of Kenya Constitution (RoK,
2010). ...
Antibiotic Sensitivity Patterns of Aerobic Bacterial Agents in Post-Surgical Orofacial Infections
(2015)
Background: There is no data on the bacteriology of postsurgical orofacial infections at our institutions. Uncontrolled use of antibiotics may lead to development of resistance with the resultant increase in morbidity and ...
Political entrepreneurialism: reflections of a civil servant on the role of political institutions in technology innovation and diffusion in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
This paper narrates how an innovative political institution in Kenya gained support from private sector players in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The paper is centered on the reflections of a ...